Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-15
Mar. Chamberlain ON Coercion.


The language used by Mr.. Chamberlain
in speaking at meetings in Ayr has infamed
the Irish against him, and he he's received
numerous letters warning him that he will
not leave Scotland alive. Speaking to an
assemblage of 2, 500 persons the other day
Mr.. Chamberlain said:
1.-The opponents of the crimes bill have
made an outcry against the repression OF
liberty. Liberty TO do what? To commit
| theft TO ruin industrious men, TO outrage
women? Kisses mingled with cheers.
What are you Kissing, the crime or the pun
ishment? 2" Here man, rising and men
acine Chamberlain cried at is not char
acteristic OF the Irish to outrage woman"
An attempt was made to turn the man out,
but Mr. Chamberlain cried out, Leave
him alone.n Then he continued "Do you
want instances of insults being offered
to women? Cries of Outrage, You said,
"You SANDER the Irish" did not
mean the grcssest outrage OF all, but person.
al violence and insults Kisses and cheers.
! I referred to cases like that OF the Curtin
| family. where the lives of the widow and
daughters of the murdered man were mace
intolerabIe like that Of the widow of an
other murdered man, Byers, who, while &C.
companying the dead body of her husband,
was jeered and hooted along the street.
Here the speaker was interrupted by cries
Of Watch yourself" hisses, and general dis.
order. | am relating facts to which even
my opponents might listen in silence of hor-
ror and shame. When l refer to assassina
! ton man here says. Take care OF your
SELF Has the time come when we dare not
| ntru
without being threatened with assassination?
Great cheering. This is the spirit of the
parties in the convention in Chicago. l am
sorry to know that they have any repre-
sentatives in Scotland. Cries of They are
not Scotchmen." That convention, besides
being attended BIZ delegates honestly in
sympathy with Ireland, had delegates OF q
different stamp-apostles of outrage and
murder Mr.. Redmond, the delegate Of the
Irish parliamentary party, explicitly de-
cared before the convention that it was the
aim of that party to effect the entire separ-
alton of Ireland from Eogland, and that
their policy was to make the government OF
Ireland by England impossible. This they
seek to effect by the most immoral conspir.
acy ever devised in q civilized landry
contending for liberty to violate every law,
human and divine. Do you think it infam-
Gus to restrain these men? Cheers. Mr..
Parnel threatened in the House of Com
mons, under the specious guise of warn.
ing, that if the coercion bill were passed
there would be renewal of outrages, dyna-
mite explosions and attempts to assassi.
nate our Statesmen. This grim sugges-
ton may prove the death warrant OF
some of u.s. Cries of mo" Shame"
| Well, what happens to individuals
is not of much consequence. The
danger is to the commonwealth. For the
| first time il English history our foes have
sympathizers within our ancient fortress.
/ Their plan of attack fnds encouragement
from those who ought to I've the strongest de.
tenders of our citadel. This makes our task
more arduous But we will not shrink we
will not abate ore jot; we will not yield to
| threats, from whatever quarter they come,
but we will endeavor to hand down unim-
paired to our chirdren the unity, strength
and honor of the mighty empire our FORE
fathers bequeathed u.s."
Mr.. Chamberlain's speech excites all par
ties. The unionists consider it a declaration
of war to the knife with the separatiss The
Gladstonians charge Mr.. Chamberlain with
slandering and vilfyiug his former col
leagues by the nsnuation that they sympa-
thize with the perpetrators of outrages in
Ireland.
1t is asserted that during his tour through
Scotland Mr.. Chamberlain will be attended
by private guard.